The concept of ritualization was first described by Edmund Selous in 1901 and later named by Julian Huxley in 1914 as ritualization (Dissanayake 2006;...

category, to the processes of "ritualization" by which ritual is created as a cultural form in a society. Ritualization is "a way of acting that is designed...

developer Rite (disambiguation) Ritualization This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Ritual. If an internal link led you here...

necessary to explore the actual contexts of ritualization by looking at a more accurate actions for ritualization, and the history behind the traditions practiced...

unsubstantiated cases of Satanic ritual abuse (SRA, sometimes known as ritual abuse, ritualistic abuse, organized abuse, or sadistic ritual abuse) starting in North...

Blood libel or ritual murder libel (also blood accusation)[page needed] is an antisemitic canard which falsely accuses Jews of murdering Christians in...

Structural Ritualization Theory and Research. New York and London: Routledge. Knottnerus, J. David. 1997. "The Theory of Structural Ritualization." pp. 257–279...

Evidence of ritual animal sacrifice has been seen at least since ancient Hebrews and Greeks, and possibly existed before that. Evidence of ritual human sacrifice...

creed Taharah, Islamic ritual purification Zakat, Islamic almsgiving Eid al-Adha § Observances Eid al-Fitr § General rituals This disambiguation page...

worship of a deity, and ritual purity is a state of ritual cleanliness. Ritual purification may also apply to objects and places. Ritual uncleanliness is not...

with its name meaning “spirit rope” or “liana of the soul.” The specific ritual use of ayahuasca was widespread among Indigenous groups by the 19th century...

upon ancient pagan and 20th-century Hermetic motifs for theological and ritual purposes. Doreen Valiente joined Gardner in the 1950s, further building...

Sexual rituals fall into two categories: culture-created, and natural behaviour, the human animal having developed sex rituals from evolutionary instincts...

Human sacrifice is the act of killing one or more humans as part of a ritual, which is usually intended to please or appease gods, a human ruler, public...

The Shuilu ritual paintings (Chinese: 水陸畫; pinyin: Shuǐlù huà; lit: "Paintings of Water and Land") are a style of traditional Chinese painting based on...

of Japanese ritual suicide by disembowelment. While reserved for samurai in their code of honour, a feminine counterpart of female ritual suicide also...

between humans and kami and to solicit the latter's blessing. Other common rituals include the kagura dances, rites of passage, and kami festivals. Public...

The Ritual is an upcoming American horror film directed by David Midell and written by Midell and Enrico Natale. Based on a true story, it follows priests...

Satanic ritual may refer to: Black Mass, a Satanic Mass Deal with the Devil, a pact between a person and the Devil or another demon Greater and lesser...

emphasizing that human individual and social life is characterized by ritualization, "an agreed-upon interplay between at least two persons who repeat it...

The Roman Ritual (Latin: Rituale Romanum), also known as the Ritual is one of the official liturgical books of the Roman Rite of the Latin Church of the...

These ideas and practices are found in the Vedic texts, and some Vedic rituals are still practiced today. The Vedic religion is one of the major traditions...

The Maryland ritual killings were a series of ritualistic murders that occurred around Harper, Maryland County, Liberia in the 1970s. The crimes have been...

Myth and ritual are two central components of religious practice. Although myth and ritual are commonly united as parts of religion, the exact relationship...

The ceremonial disembowelment, which is usually part of a more elaborate ritual and performed in front of spectators, consists of plunging a short blade...

A blood ritual is any ritual that involves the intentional release of blood.[citation needed] Some blood rituals involve two or more parties cutting themselves...

found in (but not limited to) some tribal societies. Ritual fighting (or ritual battle or ritual warfare) permits the display of courage, masculinity...

Magic, sometimes spelled magick, is the application of beliefs, rituals or actions employed in the belief that they can manipulate natural or supernatural...

can be seen as ritual banquets in which both living and dead members of a family were supposed to participate. Details of these ritual ceremonies are...

member must take part in an initiation ritual or initiation ceremony. The ceremony involves significant ritual, oaths, blood, and an agreement is made...